That facility uses molten salt thermal storage, not molten salt batteries. Molten salt batteries are actual batteries with liquid sodium or lithium as an electrolyte, they just need to be kept at high temperatures to work.
I'm always excited about new battery technology, but aren't molten salt batteries already providing a pretty low cost, high energy density solution? Japan has been rolling them out for their wind farms, but I haven't heard anything about using them in the US.
They've known about the slowing of the day (and had a pretty good estimation of it) since the middle of the twentieth century. With the advent of atomic clocks the effect of the slowing day had to be considered, and since then it has been closely monitored. Leap seconds are an invention developed to bridge the gap that has already grown between solar time and the day as defined in 1960. The important thing to note is that the figures given are averages, the day itself does not slow by a constant rate as there are a number of factors that influence it.
Did you actually look at the article and the abstract or are you just copying this from somewhere for points? The abstract is talking about exactly what the article is talking about. There is no mention of "scientists finding a more controllable source of neutrinos" as far as I can tell that's just something you pulled out of your ass, unless you are talking about the 15-year-old MiniB00NE itself.
Ah, the old "It's not my job to educate you, SHITLORD!" which I suppose is not only restricted to tumblr anymore.
On another note, it's exactly this kind of self-referential hysteria that has made me stop giving a shit about facebook and the data they collect. If your cause has merit, it will have evidence, which is why even today you can find people who will dutifully try to argue with someone denying global warming, using years of studies and data. Apparently in this case merely asking about the extent of the problem is a bridge too far, which leads me to suspect that at the core there is nothing.
As others have pointed out, this was not "simply having the cops show up", the defendant didn't call the cops and say "his neighbor" had weed and was playing their music too loud. Instead, the defendant made multiple false statements with the specific intent of exaggerating the threat in order to ensure the police responded with maximum force as quickly as possible. He deliberately tried to preempt any attempt by the police to negotiate or assess the situation through his portrayal of an armed suspect. While his intent wasn't to kill, he created a situation where he knew someone would be held by police at gunpoint, a dangerous situation where any misunderstanding could and did lead to death. Pretty much exactly as described in the charge.
But do you leave the lights on? Most industrial facilities I have been in are lit up when in operation regardless of the work schedule, so if someone has to show up in the middle of the night they can instantly assess what is going on.
I would argue that treasury bonds have a guaranteed return*, since the issuer also controls the supply of the currency they will be repaid in. One way or another they will be able to give you the return promised, though the actual value of your payment in real goods might not be what you were hoping for. (*Of course there is always a small chance that the government and/or currency in general may cease to exist, but I believe we can discount that for practical purposes)
I am surprised that the cutting wheels are not hot swappable, but from what I can see from images it looks like most of them are attached directly to the head rather than having individual mounts. I wonder if it would be possible to design the system so that there were multiple heads that alternated service, giving one set time to cool while another was digging?
So what exactly are they doing to reduce TBM costs? to me this is the most interesting part and I haven't seen any real explanation of how they are hoping to achieve this.
The issue of deception is only a part of the actually worrisome part about this technology. The real issue is that it creates an imbalance of effort, which is exactly what we have been fighting with spam emails. With either method, minimal effort on my part can cause another person to use up a significant chunk of their time. Google is displaying this technology in a situation where that would be considered acceptable, because the outcome is profitable for the person taking the appointment, but what if it wasn't? This technology could easily be used for both parasitic purposes such as sales calls, and outright hostile purposes such as tying up phone lines with seemingly benign callers. The fundamental issue is that when a human knows they are speaking to another human, they can assume that each has a similar opportunity cost for the time spent in the conversation. A machine has no such costs, and the transaction is inherently lopsided. I think this is what the push for identification stems from, the basic need for the two parties to be on (relatively) equal footing.
I imagine this is most likely the correct answer. As online ads have been sliding quickly downhill, I can see Google deciding that it needs to upscale their product, which would mean removing some of the more unseemly parts. Bail bonds, will necessary, are certainly not aspirational items.
This is the same attitude that NASA took, which is pretty much why nobody trusts them anymore. Sticking your head in the sand doesn't allow for even the possibility of solution. If they had known the shuttle was going to break up on reentry they would have had the world's resources at their disposal. The idea that there was nothing in the world that could match orbit with the shuttle within two weeks is ridiculous (a soyuz took off to resupply the ISS February 2), and it's possible something could have been figured out to extend the life support.
Even if you really can do nothing and the shuttle is doomed you have an opportunity and an obligation to study the damage to the fullest in order to prevent it in the future. Instead they just decided they didn't want to know, because knowing would have involved hard choices and ignorance allowed them to proceed with the illusion that everything could work out fine.
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That facility uses molten salt thermal storage, not molten salt batteries. Molten salt batteries are actual batteries with liquid sodium or lithium as an electrolyte, they just need to be kept at high temperatures to work.
I'm always excited about new battery technology, but aren't molten salt batteries already providing a pretty low cost, high energy density solution? Japan has been rolling them out for their wind farms, but I haven't heard anything about using them in the US.
They've known about the slowing of the day (and had a pretty good estimation of it) since the middle of the twentieth century. With the advent of atomic clocks the effect of the slowing day had to be considered, and since then it has been closely monitored. Leap seconds are an invention developed to bridge the gap that has already grown between solar time and the day as defined in 1960. The important thing to note is that the figures given are averages, the day itself does not slow by a constant rate as there are a number of factors that influence it.
Did you actually look at the article and the abstract or are you just copying this from somewhere for points? The abstract is talking about exactly what the article is talking about. There is no mention of "scientists finding a more controllable source of neutrinos" as far as I can tell that's just something you pulled out of your ass, unless you are talking about the 15-year-old MiniB00NE itself.
Ah, the old "It's not my job to educate you, SHITLORD!" which I suppose is not only restricted to tumblr anymore.
On another note, it's exactly this kind of self-referential hysteria that has made me stop giving a shit about facebook and the data they collect. If your cause has merit, it will have evidence, which is why even today you can find people who will dutifully try to argue with someone denying global warming, using years of studies and data. Apparently in this case merely asking about the extent of the problem is a bridge too far, which leads me to suspect that at the core there is nothing.
So you aren't content with the problems we have now, and are interested in adding even more?
So you've been working on one implementation for 25 years?
I feel like his comments would actually be somewhat topical for this article.
As others have pointed out, this was not "simply having the cops show up", the defendant didn't call the cops and say "his neighbor" had weed and was playing their music too loud. Instead, the defendant made multiple false statements with the specific intent of exaggerating the threat in order to ensure the police responded with maximum force as quickly as possible. He deliberately tried to preempt any attempt by the police to negotiate or assess the situation through his portrayal of an armed suspect. While his intent wasn't to kill, he created a situation where he knew someone would be held by police at gunpoint, a dangerous situation where any misunderstanding could and did lead to death. Pretty much exactly as described in the charge.
Next you're going to propose that all the sides should be equilateral.
But do you leave the lights on? Most industrial facilities I have been in are lit up when in operation regardless of the work schedule, so if someone has to show up in the middle of the night they can instantly assess what is going on.
I would argue that treasury bonds have a guaranteed return*, since the issuer also controls the supply of the currency they will be repaid in. One way or another they will be able to give you the return promised, though the actual value of your payment in real goods might not be what you were hoping for. (*Of course there is always a small chance that the government and/or currency in general may cease to exist, but I believe we can discount that for practical purposes)
As a tidewater native, I'm really exited to see this quality of research coming out of Jefferson Lab. It's a great asset to the area.
I am surprised that the cutting wheels are not hot swappable, but from what I can see from images it looks like most of them are attached directly to the head rather than having individual mounts. I wonder if it would be possible to design the system so that there were multiple heads that alternated service, giving one set time to cool while another was digging?
So what exactly are they doing to reduce TBM costs? to me this is the most interesting part and I haven't seen any real explanation of how they are hoping to achieve this.
Though single bore might be new, boring in general is not. A significant part of the DC metro was bored, including 11 stations.
You do not have to be convicted of anything for your money to be seized by civil forfeiture.
I notice they don't say what happens if the call is to a wrong number. Does it still try to book a hair appointment/order a pizza/whatever?
The issue of deception is only a part of the actually worrisome part about this technology. The real issue is that it creates an imbalance of effort, which is exactly what we have been fighting with spam emails. With either method, minimal effort on my part can cause another person to use up a significant chunk of their time. Google is displaying this technology in a situation where that would be considered acceptable, because the outcome is profitable for the person taking the appointment, but what if it wasn't? This technology could easily be used for both parasitic purposes such as sales calls, and outright hostile purposes such as tying up phone lines with seemingly benign callers. The fundamental issue is that when a human knows they are speaking to another human, they can assume that each has a similar opportunity cost for the time spent in the conversation. A machine has no such costs, and the transaction is inherently lopsided. I think this is what the push for identification stems from, the basic need for the two parties to be on (relatively) equal footing.
The AI will set up a meeting with the president, guaranteeing your safety. And at that meeting, you will all be disintegrated.
TMI
andjustdoawaywithspacesaltogether.
I imagine this is most likely the correct answer. As online ads have been sliding quickly downhill, I can see Google deciding that it needs to upscale their product, which would mean removing some of the more unseemly parts. Bail bonds, will necessary, are certainly not aspirational items.
Here we see an example of why 6-digit UIDs should not challenge 5-digit UIDs.
This is the same attitude that NASA took, which is pretty much why nobody trusts them anymore. Sticking your head in the sand doesn't allow for even the possibility of solution. If they had known the shuttle was going to break up on reentry they would have had the world's resources at their disposal. The idea that there was nothing in the world that could match orbit with the shuttle within two weeks is ridiculous (a soyuz took off to resupply the ISS February 2), and it's possible something could have been figured out to extend the life support.
Even if you really can do nothing and the shuttle is doomed you have an opportunity and an obligation to study the damage to the fullest in order to prevent it in the future. Instead they just decided they didn't want to know, because knowing would have involved hard choices and ignorance allowed them to proceed with the illusion that everything could work out fine.